sump design

Hey, I went to a local coral shop at found a setup. 25g rimless cube with stand, and a small sump. (100$) so I bought it. the problem I’m having is the sump is more tall than wide. I don’t have room for a microbubble trap if I use a skimmer and fuge. I want to do it right, the stand can’t fit a...

Hi all, Still waiting for finances to come together so I can get my dream reef system, but in the meantime... I'm completing an engineering degree and I need to do an engineering project on the topic of fluid mechanics. I've decided to do my project on flow through a sump, in particular, the...

Hey there so I’m setting up a 125 display tank and plan to design the plumbing and have already made the sump. I decided to make a graphic in photoshop of my design and need some help on what I could do better or what could be wrong with this design. Never had a tank with a sump nor this size...

Here is my 1st take on a JBJ45 cabinet (the original black on is poorly made, and did no resist a few water splashes) . 3/4" Solid Walnut glued to 3/4" Plywood with a laminated face . So mostly done with 1.5" wall thickness . Made it on top of some heavy duty casters , so I can move the tank...

Hello R2R community! After building my tank and aquascaping, I am trying to sift through different filtration options for my 180G Display Tank. I have a 29G sump gifted to me by one of my friends, but I am considering purchasing a 75G tank from a petstore for more options. I ideally want this...

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I recently bought a drilled 125 and would like to build a sump/refugium under the tank. An overflow box is included that fell off the back of the tank so I cleaned all the old silicone off and plan to reattach it. Before I do, I want to get a good understanding of how the plumbing will work as...

As title indicates, building a new system (two nano 30gal tanks plumbed into one sump, but that's a topic for another day) and planning to incorporate a Clarisea SK-3000 automat filtration. Basically, as I understand it from the instructions and videos, water enters the filter and exits through...

Time for heroes. I have finalized my requirement for the life reef skimmer and No, I could not resist be a Life reef sump owner as well. I will end up paying 150% of total cost to cover up shipping to Sweden+25%Moms+Tulls but I do not care. Inner me want a LR sump and I do not like to change or...

I'm interested to see what type of sumps you all have. This being one of my favorite parts of my tank I feel that they are the unsung equipment heroes of our hobby. The versatility and variety of the sump is just as fascinating to me as our display tanks with the ability to add a plethora of...

I know this has been posted along some similar threads, but does anyone have good tips on starting a fuge? I have a first or 2nd generation Eshoppes sump and was going to use the middle chamber for the fuge (skimmer in first). It looks like putting some sort of substrate (miracle mud or sand)...

Hey everyone, I currently have a 40 Gal breeder tank, the tank has been running excellent for the past 2 months but I currently have 5 fish in the tank, 2 of which I bought knowing I would eventually have to up my tank size “basically giving myself an excuse to be able to build the fish tank...

Hey guys, I’m new to the hobby and just wanted to get some feedback on some stuff. I currently have a FOWLR 40 gallon breeder tank. I have live sand and rock in the tank and for filtration I have a marineland 160 canister filter “I didn’t notice it was smaller than what I thought untill after I...

Hi all, New to the hobby and this forum. I'm reading and learning everything needed to get started with the hobby (pardon the grammar, i'm not from the US but from the Netherlands). Currently i'm designing a custom made sump to run the the Triton method. I've searched and searched, while there...

Hi Everyone! I've been in the hobby for about 10 years, but I've only kept freshwater and Fish Only saltwater in the past. after bouncing around both coasts for a few years we have now settled down outside of Atlanta, and purchased a home a few months ago. Now that we're going to stay in one...

Hello guys, I have been running my 20 gallon mix reef for about 6 months now. It has been running great! Now I'm more into sps and water stability is more important. I have an innovative marine 20 gallon with built in sump already, but wondering if I can pump the water into another 10 gallon...

I recently set up a new 83 gallons tank. The overflow is making a lot of noise from the air hole on top and splashing water sound in the sump. I think this overflow is call Herbie. I use a sicce 3.0 as a return pump and the only way I was able to somewhere reduce the noise was to slow the...

Hello everyone I have had fresh water all my life and habe had 2 salt within the last 2 years. I started with a 13 gallon to try it out then after about a year we converted or 44 corner cichlid tank to salt. Had to make my own sump because of limited space. after everything stabilized...

I have a Peninsula 650 arriving this week and I'm trying to figure out which side to mount the doors on but this leads to my question, what is the philosophy to have the water flow in the sump go through the refugium first and before the skimmer?

Hi everyone! I'm wanting to maybe get a little fancy with some sump pipes and paint them to match everything. Can the outside of the pvc be painted with Rustoleum Spray paint? The pvc will not be in the water, just from my tank to my sump bulkheads. Bad idea? Been done before with success? I...

Hello everybody! I have to say that I am newer to the reef world. I have a biocube 14 that I have had running for 2 years but I'm now setting up a larger system and when researching for my refugium I'm setting up, I heard about this product. I am intrigued about some post being way against...

Hi everyone. I am currently designing my first Reef tank (yay) I figured why not go big so I am roughly planning to go with a 96 x 30 x (maybe 30 in height) Display tank, With a 72 x 24 x 24 sump. I know that I want a large refugium at around 3 ft powered with 2 H380 Kessil lights (I'm not sure...

Hi! I've created a sump design and would like some feedback on it. Pardon me for cramping the drawing a bit. Hope it's readable enough and not an eyesore. It has following 4 chambers: 1) Protein Skimmer 2) Ceramic Rings, Pot Scrubbers(Scrubbies Affectionately) and maybe Activated Carbon 3)...

Mr. Doyle wanted a special sump that not only looked great but covered all his criteria for his new reef build. Thank you Mr. Doyle for choosing GEO to build your custom SU46RD-PRO with remote 10 gallon ATO reservoir. http://www.geosreef.com/product/geo-su46rd-pro/

Hey everyone, thanks for looking at the thread and giving what advise you can. SO, I am building my first tank which will be a 180 gallon reef ready tank with a Trigger 39 underneath it. I am at the point of plumbing the tank and I've been seeing differing opinions on one piece of plumbing I am...